Auburn police officer granted restraining order against former boyfriend, a Millbury police officer

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Feb 28, 2014 at 5:40 PM

By Elaine Thompson TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF

An Auburn police officer has been granted a one-year restraining order against a Millbury patrolman she dated after the woman said he terrorized her after she broke up with him.

Auburn Police Officer Stephanie Lynn Segur filed for the restraining order against Millbury Patrolman Michael R. Healy Jr. on Feb. 10. After a hearing in Worcester Central District Court that both attended, Judge Michael L. Fabbri extended the order to Feb. 23, 2015.

"I am terrified as to what Michael may do next. He has access to firearms because of his employment and has made it clear to me that no one else shall have me but him. I won't even sleep in my own home because I am afraid of what he'll do," Officer Segur wrote in her affidavit for the restraining order.

Officer Segur said that after she ended a two-year-relationship with Officer Healy on Jan. 1, they remained respectful and continued to talk as friends, although she refused each time he asked to resume dating. She said that since Jan. 31, after she started dating another man, Officer Healy has been "unpredictable and has had unbelievable mood swings." She said he started by texting her a picture he took of her boyfriend's vehicle parked in her driveway.

"He continually asks about my new boyfriend and if I've (engaged in sex) with him. He has also stated that he is going to destroy anyone involved with me. Within the same hour he will tell me that he loves me and wants a future with me," she wrote in the affidavit .

She said that on Feb. 8, when she was preoccupied and not responding to his text messages, Officer Healy repeatedly called her phone. When she finally answered her phone, she said he threatened to show up at her house and to email Auburn Police Chief Andrew J. Sluckis, Jr. in order to harm her in any way he could.

At that point, Officer Segur said, she left her home because she no longer felt safe, and she ignored all communication from him. But he allegedly continued to send her texts, including: "Make my life a living hell? Buckle up its only just begun." Another allegedly said: "Never kick me when I'm down, because when I get back up … You're (expletive)."

Officer Segur said she stayed away from her home the weekend of Feb. 8 and 9. The following Monday morning, at 8:30, Officer Healy showed up at her home and began knocking on the door and ringing the doorbell.

She said she texted him to please leave, but he would not. He responded that if he could speak to her for a couple of minutes, he would stop the texts and threats.

She said that after about 10 minutes of his continued knocking and ringing the doorbell, she opened the door, leaving a locked screen door between them. Officer Healy begged to come in, she said, but she refused and again told him that she had moved on with her life and he needed to leave.

He then allegedly told her, "Last night I prayed that the (expletive) cancer came back and ate your (expletive) brain," wrote Officer Segur, who was diagnosed last May with anaplastic large-cell non-Hodgkins lymphoma, a particularly aggressive and rare form of cancer.

Officer Segur said before she shut the door Officer Healy told her that if she didn't transfer to a police department outside of the state, he would ruin her.

In granting the restraining order, Judge Fabbri ordered Officer Healy not to abuse Officer Segur and to stay at least 100 yards from her. The Millbury officer was also ordered to stay away from her home and her place of employment. The judge also ordered Officer Healy to immediately surrender all guns, ammunition, gun licenses and FID cards.

Officer Segur also said in the court documents that Officer Healy has a history of abusing alcohol and has psychiatric/emotional problems for which he is in therapy.

Reached at his home by phone, Officer Healy declined to comment.

Officer Healy, 45, a former Auburn police officer, was hired by the Millbury Police Department July 8. Millbury Police Chief Kenny A. Howell said Officer Healy is still employed. He declined to say if the officer has been suspended or if any other disciplinary action has been taken.

Asked how a police officer can do his job without his service weapon, a .40 caliber Glock, the chief said, "I can't comment on that right now."